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“Aphrodite crossed me off her list a long time ago,” he replied. Former assassin Ambrose Duchamp believes he is unworthy of love. He lives a quiet, secluded life in the Caribbean and keeps his heart locked in a steel box. When his friend warns him Aphrodite will find him no matter where...

SINLESS Ten years ago the Duke of Sinclair called off his wedding to Portia after revealing his debauched past and dark carnal desires. Portia has never known love since. Now she is in Sin’s presence again, on a secluded island, witness to an orgy of sexual delights that thrill her in ways she never...

Historical Domestic Discipline Romance Lord Warren James, Marquis of Havenshire is content with remaining single. Warren believes a woman belongs in the house caring for her husband and children and not involved in political or business matters. The new women’s movement sweeping through the nation...

When the most desperate of times calls for the most scandalous of measures. James Trelissick, Marquis of Lasterton, has but one plan: to get his sister and mother back from the notorious pirate who stole them from their ship bound for the Americas, without creating the scandal of the season....

Her past was a dark country And Iantha Kethley was trapped at its borders, never quite able to escape the one defining moment of her life. Until the day she held Robert Armstrong at gunpoint-and he offered her a future she’d never dared imagine! Rob Armstrong, Lord Duncan, swore he’d...

A MOST UNORTHODOX DEBUT Lady Mary Hope, known as Maidie, refuses to allow herself to be pushed into marriage with a man she dislikes. So she presents herself to Laurie, Viscount Delagarde, and asks him to sponsor her for a Season. Laurie is flabbergasted-as a bachelor he is the least suitable...

Bess was a girl when she first saw her husband on their wedding day. Andrew, Earl of Exford, left after the ceremony, and as Bess blossomed into a lovely woman, she reveled in the freedom afforded by her absent spouse. Yet she knew the day would come when she would come face-to-face with her long-estranged...

The Lady and the Convict Society heiress Sarah Langley came to Australia to get away from her stifling English home. But she didn’t expect to mix with transported criminals like the duplicitous Tom Dilhorne and the infuriating, intense Alan Kerr. An unjustly disgraced doctor, Alan...

Civil war in a nation…and in a family! Jack Dilhorne was in Washington, D.C., on business just as war was being declared between the North and South. It was not the best of times to meet someone as intriguing as Marietta Hope. Marietta’s reputation preceded her: Jack expected her...

Bedding a lady…for his own gain! Sir Christopher Carlyon yearned to leave the dissipation of court, to have again the settled life he knew before the war. The only way was to accept a disgraceful bet from the Duke of Buckingham. If he could bed the astrologer’s daughter, Celia Antiquis,...

In the fresh spring of Elizabeth I’s reign Against the pageantry of the Virgin Queen’s coronation, an ambitious young courtier and a quietly determined maid of honor struggle for life…and love! As a maid of honor to the Queen, Penelope Jermaine must avoid the pitfalls of Court life-unwary...

Pretend marriage…real danger! The only way actress Catherine Wood could ensure her brother's release from jail was to accompany "Tom Trenchard" to Holland on a spying mission, while pretending to be his wife! With his roguish charm Tom made no bones about wanting Catherine in his...

Passionate Conquest Duchess Elena de Carisenda fears her small but wealthy duchy will be taken from her by force. Her only chance for survival is to hire an army to protect her and her people-and mercenary Marco Rinaldi is the best soldier money can buy. Marco pledges to fight off all...

Torfrida is thirty-two years old, cynical, secretive, confident of her own wisdom and learning. Yet even she is taken by surprise when Hereward is brutally killed by his Norman guests. Lonely and embittered, it is with reluctance that she remembers the past, from her first childhood meeting with the...